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Major League Soccer10/31/2026, 07:00 PM

St. Louis City – San Diego0 : 1

Why the model thinks so

St. Louis City
2.20
Total xG
3.45
San Diego
1.25
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorSt. Louis CitySan Diego
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
Attack strength (1.35x league average)+0.30
Rising form (2.5 vs 1.9 season average)+0.19
Standings disadvantage (pos 13 vs 3, 10 places gap)−0.14
Standings advantage (pos 3 vs 13, 10 places gap)+0.10
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2 goals/match)+0.04
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.8 goals/match)+0.01
Cédric Bakambu on the bench (5 goals, 0 assists)
Gabriel Pirani on the bench (4 goals, 0 assists)
Jeppe Tverskov on the bench (0 goals, 3 assists)
Aníbal Godoy on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
Manu Duah on the bench (0 goals, 2 assists)
Elias Achouri not in squad (2 goals, 0 assists)
Full strength squad available

Key factors

  • Home/Away: St. Louis City score 2.25 goals per game at home in the league this season, San Diego concede 2.06 per game away
  • Standings: St. Louis City are 3rd in the league with 51 points, San Diego sit 13th with 35 points

Risks

  • Form: St. Louis City have 1 win and 3 losses from their last 5 matches
  • Head-to-head: San Diego have won 2 of the 3 previous meetings against St. Louis City, with 1 draw
  • Rest days: St. Louis City have had 2 days since their last match

All probabilities

Result
St. Louis City58%
Draw22%
San Diego20%
Double chance
St. Louis City or draw80%
San Diego or draw42%
No draw78%
Goals
Over 1.587%
Under 1.513%
Over 2.567%
Under 2.533%
Over 3.545%
Under 3.555%
Both teams score
Yes65%
No35%

xG score

2:1
From xG 2.20 : 1.25, rounded up only from .910% probability

Other likely scores

1:1
10%
2:0
8%
3:1
7%
2:2
6%
0:1
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. San Diego: 9 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. St. Louis City: 8 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  3. St. Louis City: 63% of all goals in the first half (19 of 30, last 12 games)
  4. San Diego: dropped a lead in 3 of 5 games (6 points lost)
  5. St. Louis City: goal in the first 15 minutes in 5 of 12 games (42%)

Lineups

St. Louis City 3-4-1-2 · San Diego 4-3-3

St. Louis City
  • 39 B. Lundt
  • 5 L. MacNaughton
  • 32 T. Baumgartl
  • 21 D. Polvara
  • 6 C. Wallem
  • 8 C. Durkin
  • 24 D. Edelman
  • 14 T. Totland
  • 19 C. Holse
  • 9 R. Navarro Leal
  • 77 S. Jeong
San Diego
  • 13 P. Sisniega Fink
  • 3 D. Þór­halls­son
  • 97 C. Mcvey
  • 32 I. Murphy
  • 5 K. Sargeant
  • 70 A. Alvarado Jr.
  • 15 P. Soma
  • 8 O. Valakari
  • 10 A. Dreyer
  • 7 M. Ingvartsen
  • 14 B. Zamblé
Substitutes
  • 42 D. Downs
  • 11 S. Becher
  • 99 J. Orozco
  • 4 M. Fall
  • 27 F. Fol
  • 7 T. Ostrák
  • 18 C. Brunet
  • 31 C. Olivares
  • 48 R. Lynch
  • 94 C. Bakambu
  • 12 G. Cordeiro Pirani
  • 1 C. Dos Santos
  • 6 J. Tverskov
  • 20 A. Godoy
  • 26 M. Duah
  • 33 O. Verhoeven
  • 90 A. Pellegrino
  • 19 D. Vazquez
  • 36 D. Mimbang Nyangono

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